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BUCKLE.

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BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,277, dated November 9, 1886.

Applicatinn filed September 4, 1886. Serial No. 211718.

(No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Y

Beit known that I, SIDNEY N. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Lawrence, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in buckles; and it consists of the peculiar combination and novel construction and arrangement of the various parts for service, substantially as hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The primary object ofmy invention is to provide an improved buckle in which the draft shall be brought in astraight line on the parts thereof, and the draft-stud will be relieved and eased of the direct strain and pull, to prevent the stud from breaking, and thereby increase the durability and strength of thestructure, all as presently described more fully.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure lis a perspective View of my improved buckle, showing the strap connected therewith. Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional View. on the line x a: of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view ofthe buckle.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the gures, A designates the buckle of my invention, which is formed or cast in a single piece of metal; and it consists of the parallel side bars, B, the open loops O D, arranged on opposite sides thereof, for the passage of the strap therethrough, the cross-bars E F, con,

nected with the side bars, and the curved clip or plate G, the peculiar construction and arrangement of which I will now proceed to describe.

The side bars, B, of the buckle are connected at one end bythe cross-barF, which is located in the plane ofthe said side bars, and provided in its outer edge with a notch, f,- and the crossbar E is located at or near the middle of the side bars and a short distance from the bar F, the said cross-barE having a depending or projecting draw-stud, e, formed in a single piece therewith, and which projects below the plane of the edges of the side bars.

The loop O'is located on one side of the buckle and in rear of the cross-bar E, and the loop D is located on the'opposite side of 'the buckle and immediately beneath the cross-bar F, as shown. Each of these loops comprises a cross-bar, g, which is located a short distance from the edges of the side bars, and the studs g, connecting the extremities of the cross-bars with the side bars, B, the whole being formed or cast in a single piece. 'Ihe curved hook or clipG is located at the end of the side bars opposite to the plate F, and it is bent or curved upon itself, as shown.

I designates the strap, which is connected to the buckle in the following manner: One end of the strap is beveled and reduced, and it is lapped upon itself and fitted in the curved lip of the plate G, after which the strap is passed beneath the buckle, so that the draw-stud will enter one of the openings therein. 4 The strap is nowpassed through the lower loop, D. A buckle, J, is connected therewith by passing the strap through the loop thereof and passing the swinging tongue of the buckle through one of the openings in the strap. The strap I is now bent or doubled over the cross-bar F, passed through the loop O at the upper side of the buckle, then over the curved plate G, so as to conceal and protect the latter, and, finally, passed through thelower loop, D, again, and out beyond the buckle J, as shown. It will thus be seen that the strap is passed completely around the buckle, and thereby incloses the latter in its folds or bends, and the buckleJ is supported by the strap independently of the buckle A, and is adapted to have another strap connected therewith. By passing the strap completely around the buckle all the strain centers in the strap, and is taken thereby off the curved plate or clip of the buckle G, and the draft is transmitted to the buckle in a straight line, thereby relieving the parts of the buckle from any excessive or undue strain, and materially strengthening the parts and increasing the durability and stability of the device. The strap is held upon the draw-stud by the pressure of the folded or bent portions upon one another.

The parts are Very simple and durable in construction, effective andl reliable in operation, and can be manufactured for a very small sum.

Having thus fully described `my invention,

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what I claim as new, and desire to secure by A Letters Patent, is-

lar draw-stud, the open loops arranged on opposite sides of the side bars, near the ends thereof and out of line with the same, and the curved clip connecting the opposite ends of the side bars, substantially as described, for the purpose yset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY N. STEVENS.

Vitnesses:

LEONARD J. VVITHERELL, JOSEPH H. MYnRs. 

